The Sun Beats Down on Jonah ( Jonah 4:5-11)

Summer Worship Series, July 26, 2020

Under the Sun Series, Week 7, The Sun Beats Down on Jonah

Readings for this week:

First Lesson and Sermon:  Jonah 4:5-11.  When God first sent Jonah to preach to the city of Nineveh, Jonah fled.  God redirected Jonah back to the city, where he preached and the people repented.  This account records Jonah’s reaction to their repentance.

Second Lesson:  Romans 10:8-15.  God wants people to be saved through faith in his Son, Jesus Christ.  Because of this, he sends people out with his word to share it with others.

Gospel:  Luke 10:1-16.  Jesus appointed and sent out 72 followers to share his message.  We continue to pray that God would send workers into his “harvest field.”

Sermon:  The Sun Beats Down on Jonah (Jonah 4:5-11)

The story of Jonah is not about Jonah or a fish or the Ninevites.  Here, at the end of Jonah, Chapter 4, the last chapter, it becomes clear that this is all about God and his mercy for repentant sinners like the Ninevites, and like Jonah and you and me.

What a truly wondrous and gracious God we have who spares sinners from the judgment they—we—so richly deserve. 

May we be reminded of that as we think about how God wanted to reach the Ninevites.  And may the Holy Spirit work in us to see out people around us who need to know about the forgiving and gracious God!

Amen.

Pastor Ron Koehler